Blowing HIP Technology into the Synth Arena

TM

Millioniser 60 second jam HD 2011 Live in Studio © Rock Erickson

Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica, Millioniser, HIP Technology, wind controller, synthesizer, midi harmonica,

Walt Miller Originator of Millioniser & Harmonica Virtuoso

Rock Erickson Millioniser USA 011-1-347-762-5649

Ronald Schlimme Millioniser Engineer Switzerland

what is it

The Millioniser Today is the only wind controller and synthesizer in the world which you simply blow or draw across its mouthpiece to play music. It was Walter Müller (Walt Miller) famous harmonica virtuoso who originated The Millioniser. Walt was convinced that if he could make a wind controller to accept the dynamics of the users breath similar to that of the harmonica he would bring an experience to the synth user and audience that had never been heard or felt before.Millioniser introduces HIP™ Technology (Harmonica In Principal) which enables the user to sound notes via mouth position rather than finger position. Never before has the synth player had all fingers free while playing their music. Now you can dedicate your fingers to manipulate everything you are playing via the on-board functions of the control unit. From its' inception Millioniser was purposed to empower, to pleasure, and to deliver a performance the likes of which has never been seen or heard before. Millioniser was not built to compete (it is its own technology), it was built to serve the user and to enhance their synth arsenal. The user is in complete dynamic control over synthesized and sampled sounds. Millioniser adds a new dynamic for keyboarders and traditional Wind Controller users. For the first time you'll be mouthing off like you never have before and it'll all be caught on stage. You are expressively playing your tuneage of choice using world class sounds simply by blowing and drawing across Millioniser's mouthpiece and you haven't even lifted a finger - yet. Give yourself a hand, no, give yourself two hands because you have all your fingers at your disposal to further harness the power of Millioniser's control unit that gives you three octave jumps in one note position. Access to polyphonic and monophonic sounds at your finger tips, play the most complicated rhythms with a simple roll of your tongue. Make your violin samples cry and your electric guitars scream with Millioniser's bender bar ergonomically located on it's control unit for ease of use. Wanna play?

Walter Müller Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser

Photos of Walter's Famous Performances

History of Millioniser

7.17.1927 - 10.13.2011

videos

Video Archives

recent videos

Youtube

Millioniser 2000 (midi wind controller) plays GVI Trumpet Sample 2011

Millioniser 2000 Tutorial 2011 © NRC Digital • Wanna Play • Rock Erickson

Steve Jobs

February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011

Millioniser 2000 60 second jam HD 2011 Live in Studio © Rock Erickson

Millioniser Midi Wind Controller Utilizes "Sample Tank Software" Rock Erickson

pic gallery No Frame

gallery

The Birth of Millioniser

Walter.jpg
harold2.gif
roncropped.jpg
Millioniser_Tech_1983_a.jpg
Millioniser_2000_Tech_1983_b.jpg
Non_working_prototype_simulating_Early_Millioniser_Control_Unit.jpg
Millioniser-Equipment.jpg
Early-Millioniser.jpg
Earlier_Millioniser_2000_Control_Unit_Exposed.jpg
Early_Polyphonic_Millioniser_Using_Chord_Harmonica_Chord_Placements.jpg
Walter_Mueller_(Walt-Miller)_Inventor_of_Millioniser_Rock_Erickson_Feeling-The-Music_1983.jpg
Spencer_Erickson_(Rock_Ericksons-Father)_Testing_Millioniser2000.jpg
dad1.jpg
Rock_Erickson_Walter_Mueller_in_Glenn_Muellers-Swiss_Studio.jpg
Glenn_Mueller_(Walter-Muellers-Son)_in_his_Swiss_Studio.jpg
Randy_Vick_Rock_Erickson_Millioniser_Radio_Celebration.jpg
Rock_Erickson_Millioniser_2000_Axel_F_Music_Video.jpg
img017.gif
WalterRock.jpg
walt layers final.jpg
Image1.jpg
m2000_loading.jpg
Image2.jpg
Image4.jpg
Image17.jpg
mpic.jpg
Image15.jpg
Image3.jpg
Image5.jpg
Image8.jpg
Rock-Erickson-playing-Millioniser-2000.gif
Have fun Walt.gif
M2000AnimationSynth.gif
Image16.jpg
syvhs.gif
m2000-blue.gif
Walter Mueller Walt Miller of Millioniser 2000 Copyright 2009 Rock Erickson.jpg

Archive Clips • Millioniser Premiere London England 1984 • Rock Erickson U.S.A.

1001 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1017 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1018 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1021 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
0024 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controllerIntroduces HIPâ¢Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1005 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1010 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
0010 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controllerIntroduces HIPâ¢Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
0015 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controllerIntroduces HIPâ¢Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
0005 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controllerIntroduces HIPâ¢Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
0011 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controllerIntroduces HIPâ¢Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1008 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1020 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1004 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1012 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1014 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1003 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1011 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1022 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1024 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1007 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1023 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1009 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1015 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1019 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1039 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1048 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1030 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1013 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1002 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1041 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1040 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1029 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1025 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1044 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1041 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1031 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1027 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1026 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1050 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1065 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1064 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1072 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1045 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1043 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1068 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1058 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1069 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1032 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg
1034 Millioniser Premiere London England April 1984 Walt Miller Inventor of Millioniser midi wind controller HIPÂâ¢ Technology â¢ harmonica in principal midi harmonica Â© Rock Erickson USA.jpg

contribute data

Thanks For Stopping By Millioniser 2000 Rock Erickson4.mp3

i want to contribute data

Hello Millioniser Users & the Curious,

Do you have a suggestion for Millioniser or our site? Do you have a story? Do you have a Picture? Do you have a video or audio recording? What ever you've got we want to post it here at millioniser.com. If you've got a Millioniser, go ahead and make something to send us. We'll upload you to your own video player here at millioniser.com Do you need technical help with your Millioniser 2000? Let us know. We'll try and help you in every way we can.

click to send us your photos

manual

midi manual

The Millioniser Manual PDF

An inside look at Millioniser Technology.

loading program sounds • polyphonic and monophonic modes • control unit functions

midi functions • programming filters of the Millioniser Synthesizer Unit

live site comments

give us your comments

Walter_Muller_(Walt Miller)_millioniser.com_Rock_Erickson.mp3

Walt Miller

contact

contact us

video archives

video archives

Wim Dijkgraaf [ Millioniser ]

Millioniser 2000 Halloween Quentins Theme MTV Basement 1992 Rock Erickson Breath - Controller

Millioniser - In The News - Powers Russian Music Video - Rock Erickson

Millioniser Powers Russian Music Video -midi wind controller- Lic. BMI Rock Erickson

Millioniser 2000 Promo Video Rock Erickson London, England 1983

hip tecnology

TM

HIP Technology

HIP™ Technology Harmonica In Principal - notes are sounded via the users position on The Millioniser Mouth Piece allowing 100% finger dedication to control and manipulate sounds and samples in ways never experienced before. The user has complete dynamic control over synthesized and sampled sounds . Rock A. Erickson

history of millioniser

history of millioniser
The history of the Millioniser The Millioniser is a harmonica wind synthesizer, invented by Walt Miller (Walter Müller).From the idea to the MillioniserThe Milloniser was developed in a period of 5 years before it hit the market as the Millioniser 2000.In 1979, Walter Miller together with Harald Blobel and Urs-Peter Studer developed a prototype which could control a Roland Promars analogue synthesizer. The first control unit was still quite bulky, but its functions were working exactly as expected. With this unit, the two records Xmas and you and Perfidia were produced.In succession, a new control unit was developed by Urs-Peter Studer. This control unit was beautiful and elegant. It was intended for the use as a controller for a Promar Synthesizer. Unfortunately, the production was very expensive and complex. Because of this, Walter Miller was looking for a funding partner, which makes a redesign with its own synthesizer possible. At the same time he was looking for an engineer with experience in musical electronics.In 1982, Ronald Schlimme of SM Elektronik AG joined the team. The first job was to implement a standardized interface to normal synthesizers. Further, different aspects of modulating the sound had to be explored. A Roland Modular System 100M, a Moog Prodigy and different additional devices like equalizer, exiter, hall, chorus and phaser were used for this. The results were truly striking. A violinist was baffled about the authenticity while listening to Walter Miller playing on the Millioniser prototype. Similarly amazed was a trumpet player who was working as an instrument maker for brass instruments. The Millioniser can control 8 octaves or in other words, from a tuba up to a piccolo trumpet.In 1982/83, a polyphonic controller was developed, which could control a Roland Jupiter 4 synthesizer. The results were impressive.Finally in September of 1983, the long awaited funding of the Millioniser company in London became a reality.The development of the MillioniserIn October 1983, the development of the new Millioniser 2000 started and everything was redesigned. The team: Alex Bärtschi, Peter Benz, Walter Müller, Wolfi Peccoraio, Marcel Rothen, Ronald Schlimme, Urs-Peter Studer, Felix Thommen.Design, casing construction for the control unit and synthesizer, electronics, software, test software, manual, presets (sounds), prototype and production documents.The design phase started in October of 1983 and in April 1984, four working Millionisers were presented in the Sheraton in Zurich and Hilton in Basel. From the idea to the finished product in only 5 months. Housing plastic design and zinc injection die casting were not an easy task for Urs-Peter Studer and Injecta AG.Enclosure design by Walt Miller and Conran from London. The brilliant idea was to bevel the edge of the control unit, which gave it a slimmer appearance.The very first single chip microcontroller from Motorola with analogue inputs were used for the control unit. Motorola advertised these chips with the slogan: We produce the processor; you play the music on it. We then sent a letter to Motorola Europe in Geneva with the note We would like to play music on the chip, but unfortunately, they are not available. We then got plenty of support by Motorola in the form of sample chips and the head of the department for single chip processors and one of the developers showed their interest and support by visiting The Millioniser Team in Basel.Alex Bärtschi was the developer of the control unit electronics and software. Alex couldnt understand why his calculations for the optocouplers didnt match the results he observed. Then we found out that they have a memory effect. We then inverted the logic and all of a sudden it worked like a charm. The application engineer of Telefunken (the supplier of the optocouplers) was baffled when we explained that inverting the logic works better when sampled at 3000 times a second.Rock Erickson is the original Millioniser tester from USA and played the first control unit which was white in color.Ronald Schlimme was project leader and responsible for the Millioniser software and synthesizer design and implementation. The test software was written by Peter Benz and Ronald Schlimme. Everything was written in Assembler because the timing was critical. The engineering was finished in March 1984. Early in April, two presentations in the Sheraton (in front of the Sheraton in Zurich) and in the Hilton in Basel were held.We sent 800 invitations and expected around 100 visitors. To our surprise, over 400 came!The hall was very crowded and everyone was eager to see that which they had never seen before.In April, the manufacturing documents and a prototype were sent to the producer in Cardiff, Wales.In Closing: This whole development of Millioniser 2000 which is more complex than the modern PC of today took only 6 months from paper to production. Note, the engineering was without CAD software support. It was before the invention of the IBM-PC and the first CAD system had just been released.Provided by Ronald Schlimme (the first writtings)

This site was created by NRC Digital a Division of MY2NZ INC • millioniser.com • millioniser2000.com © 2012 Rock A Erickson • All Rights Reserved